The proton is the smallest Lewis acid and has been utilized in nature by enzymes for catalysis and stereocontrol of a variety of reactions long before chemistry was pursued as the discipline it is today. This precedent notwithstanding, there are very few examples of asymmetric catalysis which utilize a polar ionic hydrogen bond (essentially, a chiral proton complex). We have developed bifunctional Bis(AMidine) (BAM) catalysts that are efficient chiral proton catalysts for several mechanistically distinct transformations.
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This dissertation explores a rationally designed extension of BAM catalysis to an aza-Henry reaction employing α-nitro esters as pronucleophiles. This allows for the enantio- and diastereoselective synthesis of α,β-diamino acid derivatives. A reagent-controlled diastereodivergence is observed from the selectivity typically observed in BAM catalysis and is further explored with preliminary computational analysis. This methodology was applied to the synthesis of a potent heterocyclic proteasome inhibitor. Additionally, a chiral proton chaperoned biomimetic hetero-Diels-Alder reaction was effected with moderate enantioselectivity, and preliminary results towards the synthesis of fluorinated tetrahydroisoquinoline alkaloids are reported.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VANDERBILT/oai:VANDERBILTETD:etd-07222016-145717 |
| Date | 04 August 2016 |
| Creators | Sprague, Daniel James |
| Contributors | Ned A. Porter, Ph.D., Janet E. Macdonald, Ph.D., Timothy P. Hanusa, Ph.D., Jeffrey N. Johnston, Ph.D. |
| Publisher | VANDERBILT |
| Source Sets | Vanderbilt University Theses |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-07222016-145717/ |
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